Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Ten: Lieutenant Rex Frederick Reginald Cosh, Canadian Army

1914-15 Star (24709 Pte. R. F. Cosh, 13/Can. Inf.); British War and Victory (T. Lieut. R. F. Cosh); Defence; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, these all Canadian issues in silver, unnamed; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service, G.V.R. (Lieut. R. F. R. Cosh, Ottawa Highrs.); Efficiency Decoration, G.V.R., Canada, unnamed, mounted court style for wear; together with a mounted set of ten miniature dress medals similar to above except C.A.F. Long Service is E.VII.R. instead of G.V.R., full-size medals with some contact marks, nearly very fine and better (20) £380-420

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin.

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Rex Frederick Reginald Cosh was born in Gananogue, Ontario, on 26 January 1894. Prior to the war he was a soldier in the Canadian Militia. He enlisted into the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Valcartier on 23 September 1914. With the 13th Battalion C.E.F. he served in England, 15 October 1914-10 February 1915; in France, 11 February-1 May 1915; and in England, 2 May 1915-20 December 1918. He was wounded on 25 April 1915 in the right wrist which was fractured. This occured when he was blown up by a gas shell explosion at Ypres. Having been wounded and returned to England, he was later employed with the Chief Paymaster’s Office in London. Later he was with the 17th Reserve Battalion at East Sandling, Kent, the 92nd Battalion, the 1st Quebec Regimental Depot, and with the C.A.S.C. in London and Southampton. He was commissioned into the Canadian Army Pay Corps at the end of 1918 and was promoted a Temporary Lieutenant in the corps in January 1919. He served until 31 March 1921. His name was brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for valuable services rendered in the course of the war, and this was published as a ‘B’ Mention, dated War Office, 24 February 1917, where he was listed as a Sergeant in the C.A.P.C. After the Great War Cosh rejoined the Canadian Militia, serving in the Ottawa Highlanders. As Lieutenant in that regiment, he was awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces L.S. Medal (Canada Gazette 3 September 1927). Cosh was promoted to Captain on 15 December 1928 and Major on 13 June 1932. In this latter rank he was awarded the Efficiency Decoration (Canada) (Canada Gazette 22 April 1933). He later served in the Second World War. Sold with copied research and with case of issue for Efficiency Decoration (Canada).